| Description |
xxiii, 535 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Nursing and the Older Adult. 1. Nursing for the Aging Population / Shirley Rose Tyson. 2. Assessing the Older Adult: The Nursing Process / Carol Dennis. 3. Ethical Issues Arising with Age / Shirley Rose Tyson. 4. Legal Aspects of Older Adult Care / Vimala Philipose -- Psychosocial Health in Maturity. 5. Acknowledging the Whole Person: Culture, Ethnicity, and Religion / Carol Sue Holtz. 6. Alterations in Lifelong Capabilities: Social, Physical, Sexual / Suzanne S. Resner and Shirley Rose Tyson -- Physiological Health in Aging. 7. Nutritional Needs / Paula Fishman. 8. The Five Senses: Sensation and Perception / Shirley Rose Tyson and Sydney L. Tyson. 9. Activity, Rest, and Sleep / Shirley Rose Tyson. 10. Personal Safety: Pharmacologic, Physical, Social / Carol Sue Holtz -- Supporting Wellness in Diverse Settings. 11. Community Health Care: Health Promotion and Community Living / Annette Bairan. 12. Acute Health Care / Annette Bairan. 13. Long-Term Care / Clari Gilbert |
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Physiological Challenges of Aging. 14. Maintaining Wellness of the Heart and Circulation / Mary Kipple. 15. Maintaining Wellness of the Lungs and Respiration / Vanessa Jones Briscoe, Martha A. Badger and Jacklen Swopes Robinson [et al.]. 16. Maintaining Wellness of the Bones and Muscles / Carol Dennis. 17. Maintaining Wellness of the Brain and Nerves / Paula Hudgins and Vergie Matthews-Brannon. 18. Maintaining Wellness of the Skin / Carol Dennis. 19. Maintaining Wellness of the Metabolic System / Vanessa Jones Briscoe. 20. Maintaining Wellness of the Immune System / Carol Sue Holtz. 21. Maintaining Wellness of the Stomach and Gastrointestinal System / Joyce Lusan. 22. Maintaining Wellness of the Genitourinary System / Ellen Shipes -- Cognitive Challenges of Aging. 23. Addressing Cognitive Issues / Vimala Philipose. 24. Supporting Mental Health / Shirley Rose Tyson. 25. Death and Dying / Shirley Rose Tyson -- The Professional Gerontological Nurse |
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26. Choices in Gerontological Nursing / Clari Gilbert |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Geriatric nursing.
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Geriatric Nursing.
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Aging -- physiology.
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| Genre/Form |
Nurses Instruction.
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| LC no. |
98007041 |
| ISBN |
0721650090 |
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